The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 1J. Ballantyne and Company, 1810 |
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... bill , permitting the fishermen to go out , will afford little or no relief , for the fish will be of no value when taken , nor will the owners of vessels fit them out . We are told that good fish , which were selling at three and a ...
... bill , permitting the fishermen to go out , will afford little or no relief , for the fish will be of no value when taken , nor will the owners of vessels fit them out . We are told that good fish , which were selling at three and a ...
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... bills to the amount of £ 4,000,0000 , and that he had called them together for the purpose of enquiring from them at what terms they could be funded in the four and five per cent . stock . • they ought . He then stated , that he.
... bills to the amount of £ 4,000,0000 , and that he had called them together for the purpose of enquiring from them at what terms they could be funded in the four and five per cent . stock . • they ought . He then stated , that he.
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... bills to re- ceive 65 of 5 per cents esti mted at 977. 10s 50 % , of 4 per cents estimated at 807 158 ex divid Or ... bill , 1051. in the 5 per cents . Or , if they preferred to take part fours and part fives , he pro- posed to offer ...
... bills to re- ceive 65 of 5 per cents esti mted at 977. 10s 50 % , of 4 per cents estimated at 807 158 ex divid Or ... bill , 1051. in the 5 per cents . Or , if they preferred to take part fours and part fives , he pro- posed to offer ...
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... bills , the crowd and con- fusion which took place was very great , nothing indeed could equal the pressure and jostling of the mul- titude who assembled at the entrance , and who struggled with one another for priority of entrance , in ...
... bills , the crowd and con- fusion which took place was very great , nothing indeed could equal the pressure and jostling of the mul- titude who assembled at the entrance , and who struggled with one another for priority of entrance , in ...
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... bill . Agreeably to these sentiments , Mr Quin read the following amend- ment : " That a clause be added to the address , expressive of the regret of the court , at the rejection , in so un- accountable a manner , of the bill for ...
... bill . Agreeably to these sentiments , Mr Quin read the following amend- ment : " That a clause be added to the address , expressive of the regret of the court , at the rejection , in so un- accountable a manner , of the bill for ...
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Página 303 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage ; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamel'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage ; And so by many winding nooks he strays With willing sport to the wild ocean.
Página 333 - Lo, the poor Indian, whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, and hears Him in the wind...
Página 340 - THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; •And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest.
Página iv - An Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of the Orders in Council, and an Examination of the Conduct of Great Britain towards the Neutral Commerce of America.
Página 429 - The outward shows of sky and earth, Of hill and valley, he has viewed; And impulses of deeper birth Have come to him in solitude. In common things that round us lie, Some random truths he can impart : The harvest of a quiet eye That broods and sleeps on his own heart.
Página 436 - O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? It might (what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue.
Página 427 - Humble and rustic life was generally chosen because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language...
Página 430 - ... them on, nor ever lost; And to the bridge they came. They followed from the snowy bank Those footmarks, one by one, Into the middle of the plank; And further there were none ! — Yet some maintain that to this day She is a living child ; That you may see sweet Lucy Gray Upon the lonesome wild. O'er rough and smooth she trips along, And never looks behind; And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind.
Página xxviii - You shall see him brought to bay, " Waken, lords and ladies gay." Louder, louder chant the lay, Waken, lords and ladies gay ; Tell them, youth, and mirth, and glee, Run a course as well as we, Time, stern huntsman ! who can baulk, Stanch as hound, and fleet as hawk? Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay.
Página xxiii - The violet in her greenwood bower, Where birchen boughs with hazels mingle, May boast itself the fairest flower In glen or copse or forest dingle. " Though fair her gems of azure hue Beneath the dewdrop's weight reclining, I've seen an eye of lovelier blue More sweet through watery lustre shining. " The summer sun that dew shall dry, Ere yet the sun be past its morrow, Nor longer in my false love's eye Remained the tear of parting sorrow ! " In turning over a volume of MS.